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Paolo Baresi
3×3 · top 5.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024BARE04
Paolo Baresi has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.28, set at Muggiò Spring 2026, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 212th in Italy. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since September 2024, he has put 111 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Paolo has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Italy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.28 | 12.32 | top 5.5% | 212 / 2,882 | |
| 2×2 | 5.21 | 6.22 | top 41.9% | 1,025 / 2,068 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.34 | 14.54 | top 47.7% | 778 / 1,403 | |
| 4×4 | 1:18.07 | — | top 54.3% | 636 / 1,206 | |
| Square-1 | 47.50 | — | early days — 3 solves | 292 / 411 | |
| 5×5 | 3:44.02 | — | early days — 2 solves | 569 / 642 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 11 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at Muggiò Spring 2026.
- 21 Sep 2024First competition: Italian Open 2024. A 10.72 3×3 single to start from.
- 21 Sep 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.72 at Italian Open 2024.
Competitions
- Muggiò Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubate Sotto 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Camuni al Cubo 2024 · 16 Nov 2024
- Muggiò: IC Qualifier 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Italian Open 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Christian Crea — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Leonardo Corbelli — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Simone Cantarelli — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.